Miami, Florida – We call on Presente to discontinue the “No Somos Rubio” campaign against Senator Marco Rubio. Although we do not agree with a number of Senator Rubio’s positions on immigration reform, the “No Somos Rubios” campaign is neither helpful nor constructive, especially considering that Senator Rubio has demonstrated himself to be more open to immigration reform as of late. In fact, much to his credit, Senator Rubio has urged his colleagues to tone down their anti-immigrant rhetoric.

Nevertheless, Presente has inappropriately singled out Senator Rubio for criticism simply because he is of Hispanic descent and does not agree with all of Presente’s position on immigration issues. In particular, we find it childish and disrespectful for Presente to use Senator Rubio’s last name (which means “blond” in Spanish) to launch a campaign against him.

The “No Somos Rubios” campaign is yet another example of a liberal organization singling out members of minority groups for attack because of their conservative viewpoints. Liberal politicians and their surrogates regularly run exactly the same play when it comes to attacking conservative women. Perhaps the Democratic Party can begin issuing gold stars to minority members of the House and Senate who satisfy their criteria for being “Black enough”, “Hispanic enough” or “Women enough”.

Given Senator Rubio’s popularity amongst conservatives and speculation that he may be offered a spot as the GOP’s nominee for Vice President in 2012, it is not difficult to understand why left leaning organizations like Presente have been trying to smear the popular freshman Senator from Florida, but that hardly makes it right. Accordingly, we call on Presente to discontinue its wholly inappropriate and offensive “No Somos Rubio” campaign against Senator Marco Rubio.

[…] Senator is obviously a rising star, which is why liberals are furiously attacking him, as they often crucify conservative Hispanics and African-Americans for straying from the ‘liberal hacienda’ or ‘liberal plantation.’ As a Hispanic conservative and rising star, Senator Rubio is especially threatening to the ‘liberal hacienda’ that liberals are constructing for Latinos, and that is why organizations like Presente are targeting Rubio with especially harsh criticism (i.e. “No Somos Rubios” campaign). […]